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work_n	conscience_n	dead_a	purge_v	5,027	5	9.3264	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38629	Of regeneration and baptism, Hebrew & Christian, with their rites, &c. disquisitions by Christopher Elderfield ...	Elderfield, Christopher, 1607-1652.	1653 (1653)	Wing E329; ESTC R40404	351,661	298

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